I think we should call the three styles as above...

- Jun

hi Jun

they're all black boxes really...so how about chrome, olive and triptych?

and triptych rhymes with 'sistem'

regards
shahreza

I propose a motion that we include an intermediate 'non-chromolive' category for those transitional models such as the early NAIT2 with its non-chrome bumpered sleeve and its black face.

That would make it... chrome - nonchromolive - olive - black.

Would anyone care to second the motion?

Craig

In my view this name is good but too complicated. Let's think about a shorter name... Are there many models with that non-chromolive design?

- Jun

how about this:

chrome - nonchromolive - nonblackolive and nonoliveblack

Sounds pretty good. Perhaps the first 'chrome' needs a little non-handle yet.

Nonremotechrome perhaps?

how about

chrome - nonchromeolive - nonblackolive and Krell?

David

The Krell bit at the end is good.

The non what ever it was I'm not so sure off ...

For purposes of clarity for relatively new Naim owner (1997 or 8) photos would be helpful. Can anyone help?
Terry

For me it's new, classic (olive), old (chrome bumper).

--Eric

I concur with Eric's proposal.
Christian

I agree,

new - olive - chrome

is way too confusing.

I've seen pics of older equipment but I just don't understand olive. They all look like black boxes except for those with the chrome bumpers. I happen to prefer series 5.

you mean: new (or: black).

Naim call the new series "the Classic Range" as opposed to the Series 5 slim line black moderately new replacement for the old series 3 grey boxes.

Tom
Enjoying it all

This is getting way too confusing to me. Is the Nait 2 an olive? I like that look.

I know a young guy who 's interested and think he can afford something like a 62/72, don't know about power supply, 140? he like european sports cars so I've related that the old naim is like that. However, now he has to buy a new reliable car so doubt he's going to buy a stereo.

Remember, also, that the "nonchromeolive" designation really refers to boxes with two different flavours of green: brownish green and olive proper (from '97 onwards?). We therefore need to introduce "nonchromeremotelyolive". (Or was it "nonblackremotelyolive"?)

Thomas

But suppose you had the nonchromeremote, but lost the remote. We need a new category for nonchromelostremote. But then you'd really need to clarify whether the remote was truely lost or merely temporarily absent in the depths of the sofa. So you'd have nonchromesofaremote.

~ ~ Dave

My vote goes for "Chrome - Olive - Black"

Pre extruded bolted together chrome bumper
Chrome bumper grey knobs
(black edged, black knobs old front) (interim model? My friend has a 62 and 140 in this style)
Olive with green logo
black with 3 section fronted bit with glowy semi-circle logo

but chrome - olive - black is far simplier ;-)

Heard last night:

CDX2_XPS2
NAC552
NAP500
SL2

And it did sound good and looked good but I would not say (for me) it was worth over 30 grand.

It certainly wasn't worth £26000 more than my active SBL system. Yes it was better but I found my foot didn't tap like in my system... I was too busy thinking 'This was worth 30k!'

John

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Wolf:
I just don't understand olive


You and Naim both, I don't think any two of my eight fascias are the same shade. Range from brown to green.

malcolm